Definitions for jack ketch
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Wiktionary
Jack Ketch(Noun)
a public executioner
Jack Ketch(Noun)
the gallows
Jack Ketch(Noun)
death
Jack Ketch(Noun)
the devil
Origin: From Jack Ketch, the public executioner during the reigns of both Charles II of England and his brother James II.
Webster Dictionary
Jack Ketch(u)
a public executioner, or hangman
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